Senior Project Metallurgist

2 days ago


Perth, Western Australia Fortescue Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Country/Region: AU

State: WA

City: Perth

Job ID: 13021

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Iron Bridge - Fortescue's Iron Bridge project is located on the traditional lands of the Nyamal people.

Roster: 8D6R FIFO ex Perth

The role will be responsible for delivering metallurgical projects to support the Iron Bridge Operations. This role is to drive key medium to long term projects, from inception through to execution, and will work closely with site operations teams, mechanical / electrical / process control engineering, shutdown and planning teams as well as project execution and external labour resources as required.

Key Responsibilities
  • Identify and deliver solutions to existing operational challenges regarding safety, process, yield or upgrade
  • Engaging all stakeholders to understand and identify business needs
  • Accountability in project planning, coordination, delivery, optimisation and reporting feedback
  • Navigate, manage, and work within allocated capex and opex budgets
  • Generate and/or approve process related deliverables and documentation for process optimisation and delivery
  • Oversee technical quality, integrity and adequacy of process changes, adherence for Management of Change
  • Ensure correct application of Health & Safety standards
  • Driving projects through to completion, guiding and working with a range of disciplines to achieve required outcomes
Qualifications and Experience
  • Demonstrated commitment to safety
  • Tertiary Qualifications in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or similar discipline
  • Over 5 years in mineral processing industry with direct operational/ technical development experience with producer
  • Over 2 years process engineering experience on major mineral processing projects working on materials handling, crushing, screening and wet beneficiation process plant (especially physical separation unit processes)
  • Demonstrated experience in most major components of process plant operation and optimisation
  • Strong leadership, conceptual thinking and analytical focus with practical alignment to reality
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and continual improvement focus
  • Proven capability to effectively communicate, engage across all levels
About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.



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